Tort Article Reviews Samples For Students

Instruction

Respondeat superior can be explained as the doctrine that affirms the responsibility of an employer over the employee. In particular, the doctrine states that a master is liable for torts committed by the servants in the course of their service (Pozgar, 2012). Pozgar (2012) elaborates that; respondeat superior dose not purge random negligence doctrine and neither is it exculpatory. As such, the employer remains predisposed to any negligence of its own that can be easily proved without respondeat superior doctrine being involved i.e. negligence in supervision or hiring. Correspondingly, the employee remains liable to the victim of the tort to ...

Tort Law

Tort Law Article Review
The article was written by Becca Aaronson and was published at the New York Times in January 2013. It was about the case of Connie Spears who later suffered from legs amputation after an initial alleged misdiagnosis of her medical condition at Christus Santa Rosa hospital. The concept of this article is about the Tort Law's provision when it comes to being a state law that would help the people within the state of Texas. It aims to show how the Tort Law’s provision could affect an individual’s case proceedings right after it ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

Article Title: The Little Book Of Plagiarism
PART 1
- Main idea
Richard Posner argues that plagiarism is gaining prevalence and the appropriate actions should be taken to curb it although it should not be treated as a tort. The study tries to define plagiarism and explain the various forms of plagiarism.
- Structure
- Argument
The argument is a Cause and Effect. The audiences of the text are jurists. It is meant to be used in judicial verdicts. Judges can wisely rule cases regarding property infringement by following the argument (pg. 36).

PART 2

- Center ...

Workplace Bullying

Yamada D.C. (2010). Workplace bullying and American employment law: A ten-year
progress report and assessment. Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 32 (1)
Retrieved 30 May 2012 via:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507950

A. Workplace Bullying Enters America’s Consciousness

The problem of psychological abusive behavior at work and its negative effects on individuals and organizations only began to be investigated in the U.S in the mid-1990’s. Drs Gary and Ruth Namie were the first to use the term workplace bullying in terms of American employment and to expose this phenomenon to the American public. They also initiated the Campaign Against Workplace Bullying, created a “Bullybusters” website, and ...